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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 668,190, dated February19, 1901.

Application filed September 14;, 1900. Serial No. 29,994. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN G. KING, a citizen of the United States,residing at Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Butter-Dishes; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, whichform a part of this specification.

The objects of this invention are to provide a refrigerating butter dishor receptacle for the table and more especially for use in res taurants,where the butter must stand continually on the table ready for use; tokeep the ice and water from actual Contact with the butter, whilepermitting their cooling effeet thereupon; to provide easy andconvenient access to the butter, and to secure other advantages andresults, some of which may be referred to hereinafter in connection withthe description of the working parts.

Theinvention consists in the improved butter dish or receptacle, and inthe arrangements and combinations of parts of the same, allsubstantially as will be hereinafter set forth and finally embraced inthe clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters ofreference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several views,Figure l is a perspective view of my butter-dish, and Eig. 2 is a sideelevation. Fig. 3 is a detail cross-section on line 0c, Fig. Z. Fig. 4is an end elevation of the butter-dish, illustrating a modified form ofslide. Fig. 5 is a vertical longitudinal section on line y, Fig. 4; andFig. 6 is a plan of the preferred slide.

In said drawings, u. indicates the body portion of my butter-dish, and ba slide separable from said body portion. The entire de` vice ispreferably formed of Crockery or china in any manner common to the art,although other materials might be used; The body portion ct has abox-like upper part a', interiorly hollowed to provide a chamber forcracked ice. A cover (not shown) may be provided for this ice-box, ifdesired, to prevent ioo rapid melting of the ice. The botL tom of theice-chamber is closed by a horizontal water-tight floor a3, and the endwalls d4 of the ice-box continue downward beyond said floor to formsupportinglegs d5 for the body portion. The ice-box a is thus supporteda short distance above the table, and the space beneath is open at thesides of the butter-dish between the legs a5. Through this arch-likeopen space the slide b is adapted to work, said slide comprising a plateb, preferably having feet b2. Said plate b occupies a horizontalposition and is in length substantially equal to the distance betweenthe legs d5 a5 and of a width about equal to that of the butter-dish.The feet b2 support said plate upon the table independent of the bodyportion aand at such a height that sufficient space is provided for thebutter c to lie upon said plate without striking the bottom a3 of theice-box. The plate b may he plain at its upper surface, or it may beconcaved or provided with a marginal rib to prevent escape of the butteror liquids therefrom. The two legs d5 of the ice-box being formed bysimply extending two opposite end walls of theboX down to the tableserve, it will ble noted, to inclose on two sides the spacebeneath thebox in which the butter-slide oper ates, the other two sides beingnecessarily open to permit the slide to pass in and ont. The fact thatthe butter is closed in on two sides, as well as at the top and bottom,largely protects it from currents of air which would otherwise tend toquickly dissipate the cooling influence from the ice-box, and thus thebutter is sheltered or inclosed as far as is consistent with any freedomof movement.

In use, therefore, the slide b, with the butter thereon, is pushed indirectly beneath the ice-box, so that the butter is kept cool and hardby the coolness therefrom, and when it is desired to out off some butterthe slide bis drawn out from beneath the body portion far enough topermit such cutting and then slid baek again. Obviously such sliding cantake place toward either side of the butter-dish, and to limit thesliding central stops d d may be placed on the slide, which will engagecooperating stops c e on the body portion at either end of range ofmovement, and to prevent said stops e from interfering with afree IOO `away or'recessed, as at e', to permit the stops e to pass. l

Handles f are provided at the ends of the slide h, and said handlespreferably have at the extremity a downwardly-extending lug f' for thenger and an opposite upwardlyextending lug f2, which can be caught by aknife in the hand of the user to pull out the slide.

In order to enable butter to be cut offwithout drawing the slideentirely out from under the ice-bov, I prefer to recess or undercut thesides of the ice-box at its lower part, as at g g, said recessesextending downward tothe level of the slide-plate and upward suficientlyfar to permit a knife to b e employed on the butter beneath theoverhanging side of the ice-box. The butter then receives a measure ofcooling effect from said overhanging sides even while the slide ispulled out.

Knife rests or supports h are preferably provided on the opposite sidesof the ice-box to receive the butter-knife when not in use.

Obviously a slide-plate 7.", might be used under some conditions, whichslides at its opposite edges in grooves Z in the legs a5 of the bodyportion; but this construction is not so desirable in that the end ofthe slide when drawn out to cut off butter is not so firmly supported asit is by the feet h2 in the construction first described.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new isl. Abutter-dish having an ice-box whose walls at two opposite sides of thebox are continued downward below the box and form supports holding saidice-box up from the table, and a slide Working between said legs beneaththe bottom of the ice-box, and adapted to carry the butter, said slideand the butter thereon being shielded on two sides by said wall-likesupports and the other two sides being open to permit the butter-slideto pass in or out, substantially as set forth.

2. A butter-dish having an ice-box with two opposite walls extendeddownward and forming supporting-legs for the box, and an independentbutter-slide beneath the ice-box protected on two sides by saidsupportinglegs and adapted to be slid out at either of the open sides,the ice-box being horizontally recessed or undercut at its lower edgeson the open sides whereby access to the butter is had without drawingthe slide wholly out from beneath the ice-box, substantially as setforth.

3. In a butter-dish, the combination of a water-tight box or receptaclefor cracked ice, and legs supporting said box above the table, and aslide working horizontally beneath said ice-box independent thereof,said slide having feet on its under side and being adapted to carry thebutter on its upper surface,sub stantially as set forth.

4. In a butter-dish, the combination of the ice-box a', having legs atits opposite ends and providing an open passage beneath from side toside, and a slide comprising a plate adapted to carry the butter onitsupper surface and having feet supporting said plate independent ofthe ice-box, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination of the body portion a, providing an ice-box at thetop and an open passage-Way from side to side beneath said ice-box, anda slide working back and forth in said passage-way and carrying thebutter, and stops limiting the movements of said slide, substantially asset forth.

6. The combination of the body portion a, having an ice-box at the topandsupportinglegs beneath formed by extending the ends downward, saidbody portion being longitudinally recessedor cut away along its sidesand the recess cutting into the lower part of the ice-boxandvupper partof the legs, and a horizontal slide working beneath the ice-box at aboutthe bottom of said recesses, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination with the body portion a, having an upper ice-box andan open passage beneath from side to side, of a horizontal slide adaptedto reciprocate in said passage and having handles at its ends, saidhandles being each provided at its extremity with upwardly anddownwardly extending lugs providing a finger-hold, substantially as setforth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this23d day of August, 1900.

JOHN G. KING. Witnesses:

CHARLES H. PELL, RUSSELL M. EVERETT.

